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1016005
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b770375
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| Main Entry
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Wiggin, Addison.
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| Title & Author
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The demise of the dollar-- : : and why it's even better for your investments /\ Addison Wiggin ; foreword by Chuck Butler.
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| Edition Statement
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Rev. and updated.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken, N.J. :: John Wiley,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (viii, 197 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0470374632
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: 9780470374634
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0470287241
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9780470287248
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index.
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| Contents
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Fall of the great dollar standard -- The "recovery" that wasn't -- Fictitious capitalism and the iPod economy -- Pathological consumption -- Short unhappy episodes in monetary history -- The helicopter theory, inflation, and the money in your wallet -- Attention to deficits disorder -- Alas, the demise of the dollar -- Crisis and opportunity in the twilight of the great dollar standard era.
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| Abstract
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As the dollar continues to weaken throughout the world, it has become clear that the impact is going to be significant as well as far reaching. This book explores the number of reasons for the dollar's current state, including the prior structural flaws of the dollar, the growing trade deficit, the Euro and other international factors. It also discusses the results of the dollar's fall and how it will impact economies worldwide. Continuing where The Demise of the Dollar left off, it explores the dollar's increasingly sharp decline over the past few years and provides readers with updated sugge.
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Business cycles-- United States.
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Investments-- United States.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Comparative.
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Business cycles.
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Investments.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.973/0931
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HB3743.W54 2008eb
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